spermathecan.
/spəːməˈθiːkə/ A receptacle in the oviduct of female insects and invertebrates, in which fecundation of the ova takes place.
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spermatheca1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlii. 147 (note) Perhaps likewise the organ discovered by M. L. Dufour in Scolia..may be a spermatheca.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xv. 283 The spermatheca has a small accessory vesicle connected with it.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 206 The female apparatus is completed by two pairs of vesicular spermathecae.
Derivatives
spermaˈthecal adj. of or belonging to the spermatheca.
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spermathecal1883
1883 Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 658/2 On reaching the point where the spermathecal duct debouches they are impregnated by the spermatozoa.
1900 Proc. Zool. Soc. June 169 In the region of the spermathecal apertures.
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